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Food bank program helps meet dietary needs of health care patients
Via The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON — Thanks to a Facing Hunger Foodbank program, health care patients are maintaining a healthy diet. The food bank supports patients in need of meals to support their health with the Medically Indicated Food Box Program on a monthly...
In-person Empty Bowls event raises money for Huntington food bank
Via The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON — Hundreds of bowls were on display Friday as groups worked together to help those in need. Marshall University’s School of Art and Design and The Pottery Place hosted an in-person bowl sale as part of the 18th annual Empty Bowls...
Solar For Suppers: Solar Holler partners with Facing Hunger Foodbank to feed the hungry
via The Herald-Dispatch Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic last March, Facing Hunger Foodbank in Huntington has seen a 60% increase in the need for food support. Dan Conant, founder and chief executive officer of Huntington-based Solar Holler, said when he...
Huntington workers volunteer at Facing Hunger Foodbank
via The Herald-Dispatch City of Huntington volunteers lent helping hands to Facing Hunger Foodbank on Wednesday. The day of service was the second one city workers completed. The city plans to have a quarterly service day at Facing Hunger Foodbank following the...
Virtual Empty Bowls fundraiser set for April
via The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON — Marshall University and The Pottery Place are once again teaming up to offer the popular Empty Bowls fundraiser event to benefit Facing Hunger Foodbank. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the event — typically a soup lunch where...
Food bank’s mobile distribution sites resuming
via The Herald-Dispatch After a winter break, Facing Hunger Foodbank is restarting its mobile food distribution in February. After a year of utilizing the mobile distribution sites even more than normal, Facing Hunger’s executive director Cyndi Kirkhart said she hopes...
Ice Bowl participants take aim at ending hunger
via Herald-Dispatch Rotary Park in Huntington was bustling with activity Saturday as disc golf players participated in a fundraiser for a local food bank. Nearly 150 participants were registered for the Ice Bowl disc golf tournament, one of the largest annual...
Huntington employees volunteer at food bank as part of ‘Day of Service’ events
Observed each year on the third Monday in January, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the only federal holiday designated as a national day of service to encourage all Americans to volunteer to improve their communities. Huntington Mayor Steve Williams says while many...
Mr. Harshbarger donated his second one as well his desire and compassion to help others
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